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Start Over Collection Robert E. Lee Family papers, 1792/1935, bulk 1833/1870

William Henry Fitzhugh Lee to Robert E. Lee, 1865 Box 7, Folder 18

W.H.F. Lee sought to lease his property, White House Plantation, to a Scotsman. He had written earlier to his father to ask his permission and again wrote to him explaining the details of the transaction.
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  2. Robert E. Lee Family papers, 1792/1935, bulk 1833/1870
  3. Letters to and about Robert E. Lee, 1837/1870
  4. Letters to and about Robert E. Lee, 1837/1866
  5. Correspondences, 1865

William H. Hope to Robert E. Lee, 1866 Box 7A, Folder 53

Hope, a real estate lawyer in Virginia, wishes to assist Lee in recovering his Arlington estate. He includes a newspaper annnouncing that Union soldiers killed at numnerous wartime battlefields would be reinterred at Arlington and that a memorial would be placed there in their honor.

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  2. Robert E. Lee Family papers, 1792/1935, bulk 1833/1870
  3. Letters to and about Robert E. Lee, 1837/1870
  4. Letters to and about Robert E. Lee, 1866
  5. Correspondences, 1866

William H. Kinnon to Robert E. Lee, 1866 Box 7A, Folder 46

This letter was written by William H. Kinnon from Tangipaho Station, Lousiana on March 13, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Kinnon writes to request information on costs of attendance for the sons of his five sisters.

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  2. Robert E. Lee Family papers, 1792/1935, bulk 1833/1870
  3. Letters to and about Robert E. Lee, 1837/1870
  4. Letters to and about Robert E. Lee, 1866
  5. Correspondences, 1866

William H. Parker to Robert E. Lee, 1865 Box 7, Folder 25

William Harwar Parker, a U.S. Navy and C.S. Navy veteran and later U.S. Minister to Korea, wrote to Lee to apply for the professorship position of practical astronomy at Washington College.
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  2. Robert E. Lee Family papers, 1792/1935, bulk 1833/1870
  3. Letters to and about Robert E. Lee, 1837/1870
  4. Letters to and about Robert E. Lee, 1837/1866
  5. Correspondences, 1865

William Hunter to Robert E. Lee, 1866 Box 7A, Folder 45

This letter was written by William Hunter from Savannah, Georgia on March 9, 1866 to Robert E. Lee. Hunter writes to Lee informing him that his three sons wish to attend Washington College. He describes the natures of his sons as well as their academic potential.

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  2. Robert E. Lee Family papers, 1792/1935, bulk 1833/1870
  3. Letters to and about Robert E. Lee, 1837/1870
  4. Letters to and about Robert E. Lee, 1866
  5. Correspondences, 1866

William J. Eldeston to Robert E. Lee, 1865 Box 7, Folder 17

Eldeston was an Englishman residing in Kentucky. He was a "military man" and musician who taught several bands for the Confederate Army. He wrote to Lee inquiring about a position as a music teacher at Washington College.
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  2. Robert E. Lee Family papers, 1792/1935, bulk 1833/1870
  3. Letters to and about Robert E. Lee, 1837/1870
  4. Letters to and about Robert E. Lee, 1837/1866
  5. Correspondences, 1865

William Mahone to Robert E. Lee, 1865 Box 7, Folder 7

William Mahone, a major general in the Confederate Army widely known for his contributions at the Battle of Petersburg, responded to a letter from Lee written earlier that summer. It appears that Lee was in search of documents from the campaign of 1864. Mahone writes that he believes his records of the campaign are in the hands of "Federal Authority."
  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. Robert E. Lee Family papers, 1792/1935, bulk 1833/1870
  3. Letters to and about Robert E. Lee, 1837/1870
  4. Letters to and about Robert E. Lee, 1837/1866
  5. Correspondences, 1865

William M. Perkins to Robert E. Lee, 1865 Box 7, Folder 17

William M. Perkins, President of the University of Virginia's Washington Literary Society, wrote to Lee to inform him of his election as an honorary member of the society.
  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. Robert E. Lee Family papers, 1792/1935, bulk 1833/1870
  3. Letters to and about Robert E. Lee, 1837/1870
  4. Letters to and about Robert E. Lee, 1837/1866
  5. Correspondences, 1865

William Nelson Pendleton to Gen. Robert E. Lee, 1864 Box 7, Folder 2

William Nelson Pendleton, a Confederate General and Episcopal priest, explains his failure to ask for a blessing while dining with Robert E. Lee two days prior.
  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. Robert E. Lee Family papers, 1792/1935, bulk 1833/1870
  3. Letters to and about Robert E. Lee, 1837/1870
  4. Letters to and about Robert E. Lee, 1837/1866
  5. Correspondences, 1837/1864

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